On 5/31/08, the DNC/RBC engaged in voter fraud and theft. It took delegates from Clinton and gave them to Obama. And, the DNC ignored the reports of caucus fraud;remained silent to blatant misogyny/sexism directed at Clinton (women in general); remained silent at the race-baiting by Obama;and stopped being DEMOCRATIC. This yellow dog Dem stopped being a Democrat that day when I saw what my party had become: UN-Democratic.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

"Palinism" Is the New "McCarthyism"?

Okay - I have to stop right there. Can I just tell you how much I resent it when men tell women how they should talk? That would be a big pet peeve of mine. So, from the get-go, I am already irritated with this man. You might be, too, after you hear what he has to say:

Am I right? What a piece of work Trumka is. Never mind that Palin resigned her position because of the incessant, ceaseless hounding by Democratic operatives filing frivolous lawsuit after frivolous lawsuit, taking her time and money, as well as taking her attention away from the state for which she was supposed to be working. I imagine if someone hounded Trumka mercilessly for every word he had spoken, every deed he had ever committed, he, too, would have resigned his position, be it a mine worker or AFL-CIO president. But he has never experienced anything along those lines, not even close. Easy for him to pass judgment.

And passing judgment is exactly what he is doing. This seems to be the theme for the week with Vanity Fair publishing the worst kind of baseless smear masquerading as an article by Michael Gross on Sarah Palin, using anonymous sources, and operating from the most misogynistic point of view. Even her most outspoken detractors find this article sexist.

Just who is Richard Trumka that he feels he can arrogantly condescend to Sarah Palin and tell her to watch her mouth? Well, he's an ally of Obama's, for starters. I am sure that is not a surprise, is it? There is more to him, to be sure, as the following video highlights:

Yep - this frequent visitor to the White House also calls for a world-wide tax, and is a great "progressive" of the country. Great.

[snip] Palin, Alaska's former governor, responded to Trumka’s comments last week on her Facebook page. She noted that her husband is a proud former union member. Addressing his criticism of her language, Palin said, “It’s kind of ironic that a union boss has the gall to accuse anyone of threatening violence. After all, we remember the violent attempts by [the Service Employees International Union] to intimidate those who wanted to make their voices heard in last year’s town halls. And unlike Trumka, I never threatened that any effort to break a picket line would lead to violence.”

Palin added, “I never called union members 'thugs.' You lie. I called some union leaders 'thugs.' And I refuse to apologize for that because they have acted like thugs – at least in this day and age.” [snip] (Click HERE to read the rest.)

Oh, SNAP - I think Palin took this round, don't you?

McCarthyism - good grief, how did Trumka possibly make THAT leap? No doubt, he expected a ratchet response from her, that she would tone down her rhetoric lest she be compared to someone of McCarthy's reputation. She didn't bite, and gave it right back to him.

Love her or hate her, that woman has more intestinal fortitude than most of her detractors could even imagine. What it really says to me is that they are afraid of her, hence the constant desire to tear her down, whether by the president of the AFL-CIO or some Vanity Fair writer.

We've seen this before. It is the MO of those who are threatened by powerful women. Hillary Clinton gets this a lot, too. Who can ever forget the treatment she received from her husband's presidency through the 2008 election? Only now is she starting to get her due, after so many years of doing an incredible amount of work.

It begs the question: why? Why are these people so threatened by powerful women? Powerful men are treated like gods (just look at Obamessiah), even if they have done little or nothing to have that power. It often seems that powerful women must be torn down at all and any cost. If you can use their kids to do it, so much the better. It is a disturbing trend, one I cannot wait to see end. One day, some day...

2 comments:

I really hate it when men tell women how they should do anything - talk, look, act, dress. Men with weak souls always need to feel superior and more powerful than strong women, and Trumka is undoubtedly a weak-souled man. What an ass. Just another shill for just another weak-souled man, the one in the White House.

I had a conversation with someone yesterday about Sarah Palin. He commented on how much he disliked her. I mentioned how much I liked her. He was shocked (thinking, I suppose, that living where I do I would be a kool-aid drinker). I told him that while I did not agree with Governor Palin's politics, I admired her strength, her willingness to work hard, her lack of fear in taking on those in her own party to uncover corruption. I admire her as a parent and as a partner in a loving and equal relationship. I admire her refusal to accept the slings and arrows thrown at her, and her refusal to compromise her integrity to be anyone's shill.

Trumka's a cojone-less ass. Palin's got gumption. I can't wait for the day when there are more strong women who refuse to cater to the voices of weak-souled men.

Exactly - and haven't they already talked abt how Sarah dresses or should? Weak, weak, cowards these people are.

There was a piece out yesterday by Michelle Malkin talking abt the man Obama will be hanging around with tomorrow - Trumka - told his labor workers to beat the shit out of anyone who crossed the picket line. Palin had a legitimate reference for the violence he incited. (Here's the link: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Obama-spending-Labor-Day-with-real-thugs-719584-102172594.html)

And isn't he trying to incite more?

WOW - so, what did the person say to whom you made that reasoned, rational response? Did his head explode?

Someone at NQ said they wished Hillary had fought as hard as Palin continues to fight. Sigh. Me, too...